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[DjGarryNoon]

Hello Everybody!!!!

Im Garry im 26 yrs old been djing for 12 yrs now (god im old) love my music all kinds, trying my producing at the moment but kind hit a brick wall..........so if anyone can give me some advice on how to create very good trance basslines or basslines in general please let me know.

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Keep it real!

[Ben]

Welcome mate nice to see another new face about

Try recreating your favourite trance tunes first to help you grasp the idea and technique perhaps and then apply them to your own individual ideas

[DjGarryNoon]

Thanks ben


I have loads of ideas just cant get the perfect bassline, im using cubase & vanguard , and i have created my own stuff but its just this damn bassline

[minxy]

welcome!!

[Reece Duncan]

yeah welcome. I can't really help ya on the bassline note, not for trance neway, best of talking to Karlos, im sure he'd be willing to share some wisdom

[Zipsta]

Lol on being old atleast ur not 28 next year 8( why do we have to grow old and wither like plants and tree's hahahaha its late in the morning so let me off about the tree's un plants and birds and bee's o and worther's original's lol depending on what software your using to produce I can use Reason,cubase,Fruity i tend to loose interest easeirly when producing I usually find a full tune happens depending on how potent it is and how much sleep you have had 8) Keep at it 8)

[tOM]

hello, as regards bass line try filling the 3 16ths between kiks with ascending or descending notes. if you want to place a note where the kik falls sidechaining is the way forward as your kik will still come through clear and loud in the mix

[DjGarryNoon]

Cheers tom , some of it makes sence to me some doesn't, i'll give it a go , what is side chaining?

[denny]

i agree with tom, i use the same technique but with Reason, i find basslines the most tricky to get sounding right

[tOM]

Originally Posted by DjGarryNoon

Cheers tom , some of it makes sence to me some doesn't, i'll give it a go , what is side chaining?

it's a way of using compression some links that might help

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_level_compression
http://www.spinwarp.com/index.php?na...rticle&sid=245
http://www.mio.co.za/forums/index.php?showtopic=7327


mastering compression techniques will help make your tunes sound a lot fatter well worth getting your head into it

[Reece Duncan]

sound advice lads

[DjGarryNoon]

thanks guys , i'll give this a go!

What would you say are the best programs to use ??

At moment im using cubase v3 / vanguard / battery 2 and loads of samples

Anyone got any better ones?

[Reece Duncan]

sounds good to me, i use ableton live aswell. Also Reason & Logic are good once you get the hang of them. Fruityloops is also very good for making trance based music & the like

[tOM]

the top four are widely considered to be cubase, logic, ableton and sonar. But really it's all about what you are most comfortable with using and what works for you

[Reece Duncan]

yeah totally, personally i use ableton live and cubase, looking into reason at the mo

[DjGarryNoon]

reasons good , i prefer cubase though.....still try to get to grips with it.

Hard to create basslines with cubase though!!!

[tOM]

Originally Posted by DjGarryNoon

reasons good , i prefer cubase though.....still try to get to grips with it.

Hard to create basslines with cubase though!!!

keep plugging away mate it'll pay off in the end

[Reece Duncan]

yeah, you gotta just spend ages playing around, you'll reap the rewards in the end and once you get the hang of it you'll bang em out